OpenAI Safety Leadership Reorganization and Departures
UNVERIFIED·Primary source · Wired
Johannes Heidecke, head of safety systems, is leaving OpenAI.
Safety teams will now report to VP of research and safety Mia Glaese.
Recent departures include chief futurist Joshua Achiam and AGI deployment CEO Fidji Simo.
OpenAI recently launched GPT-5.6, which showed concerning misaligned behavior.
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01 — What / Thesis
OpenAI Safety Leadership Reorganization and Departures
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02 — Who / Subject
Johannes Heidecke, Mia Glaese, OpenAI
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03 — Where / Locus
USA
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04 — When / Temporality
July 2026
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